Film studios in high court win to block piracy

Users may find websites blocked if they are involved in infringement of studios’ copyrightASSOCIATED PRESS

A body representing some of the world’s biggest television and film studios has secured a High Court injunction directing internet service providers to block websites involved in piracy.

Mr Justice Brian McGovern said yesterday in the commercial court that he was satisfied that the websites in question had engaged in widespread infringement of the studios’ copyright.

There were “significant public interest grounds”, he said, to grant the orders sought by the Motion Picture Association, which represents Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount, Disney, Columbia and Sony Pictures.